I am still working with my partner on the new mockART album. We have now recorded everything, though we’re still working on the final mixes for some of the tracks. Then we have to finalize the track order and master everything. Men Who Lost Their Heads will feature 18 tracks and nearly 80 minutes or music, so it was – and is – a lot of work. You have probably already heard the first two singles – now we have decided to release another track from the album. Samesjwaering Onger Idiote features vocals by Mark Daelmans-Sikkel and is sung in Limburgs, a Dutch dialect from the South.

You will also find the track on Spotify, iTunes and other streaming platforms. There will also be a remix that I will publish on Bandcamp, where you can also find the mockART back catalogue. But more about that later.

Everything is connected.

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I started working on Country Songs more than 10 years ago. I asked people of different countries to send vocal samples I could use for some new tracks. While working on the album I moved to another city, my computer broke, the new one couldn’t handle Photoshop and music software at the same time and so I prioritized photography. Therefore my project mockART took a long break. As you probably know, I already remastered the old mockART albums last year and republished them and I also recorded Living with Human Machines to get back into sonic experimentation. This year I finally found the time to remaster the tracks that were already recorded and to compose and record the missing tracks. So prepare for a journey into experimental sounds, structures and words.

You can download the full album from Bandcamp or stream it via Spotify, iTunes, Deezer and others.

To get into the mood, here are the to latest tracks I recorded. The vocals for Русская народная песня (Russian Folk Song) were provided by Sergei Khukhrov and Shirtless’ Mom was build around vocals by Zan Hoffman.

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Finally, my new eBook is out. But before I tell you more, here are some other announcements!

A Book Of Photographs and A Book Of Animals are still available as gratis ebooks. Please go to Books to find the links for the downloads on Blurb and iTunes.

But there is more: The print version of A Book Of Photographs is now also available on Amazon.com. Yes, at the moment it is the .com version only – but I hope to add it to the international shops soon.

But now I would like to introduce A BOOK OF CIVILIZATION

In A Book Of Animals we took a look at the realm of animals, and how they try to survive the approach of civilization.

But what is civilization?

This book might help solve the question.

In the Golden Days, civilization started to develop. But was it really a golden age? And does gold necessarily have to shine?

Headaches, tears, anger, war. These are Strange Days indeed. But will civilization manage to solve its problems?

Well, to answer this question we have to take a look at Future Days. Are we heading towards disaster, or will we be able to smile at the end?

Please order your printed version via Blurb.

Naturally, there is an eBook version as well.

The eBook is also available via Apple’s iTunes store for Mac, iPod, iPhone and iPad.

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